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Other Questions: School Absenteeism (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to share school enrolment data with the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45090/14]

Other Questions: School Absenteeism (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: Approximately one in six children misses more than 20 days in school each year. We continue to have a significant problem with truancy. Under the law currently, a parent is not legally entitled to receive child benefit unless the child beneficiary is attending school. I want a tie-up between the Minister's Department and the Department of Social Protection whereby we could threaten to...

Other Questions: School Absenteeism (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response and I am glad to see that officials from the two Departments are now meeting. That is all well and good in regard to children who are over the age of 16. However, school principals nationally must fill out and return 600,000 letters on a quarterly basis to be issued by the Department of Social Protection to parents asking them to verify that a son or...

Other Questions: School Absenteeism (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response. She has hit the nail on the head. The problem is that three Departments are involved - her own Department of Education and Skills, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Social Protection. Everyone is passing the buck and saying it is an issue for someone else. The fact is that one in six children in our schools is missing...

Other Questions: School Funding (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Deputy is running ahead of himself. He is on high-speed broadband.

Other Questions: School Funding (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: He bought one already.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Review (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in addressing the specific issues of rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45089/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in attracting alternative employers to take over the employment contracts of a company's staff (details supplied) in County Leitrim who are set to lose their jobs in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45614/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the care and admission policy of acute psychiatric patients at Portiuncula and Galway University Hospitals in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive has failed to put an appropriate admission system for suicidal patients in place following the closure of St. Brigid's acute psychiatric unit, Ballinasloe, County Galway (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 July 2014, the number of relief teaching days allocated to teachers on a departmental pension in the latest available figures at primary and post-primary respectively; the steps being taken to reduce this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45611/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 1083 of 4 November 2014, the position regarding plans to dredge the River Shannon at Lanesborough, County Longford, to remove the infestation of Asian clam; the implications for the delay in removing this invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45613/14]

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I support the principle of these amendments. None of us wants to see abuse of the law in this area. There is an unintended consequence of the way legislation is published. House prices are creeping up and up; the thresholds for inheritance have come down and there are completely new deposit criteria for young couples in order to draw down a mortgage. In many cases they will have to turn...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I would like further clarification on the provision of financial assistance in this area similar to that provided in the context of the home refurbishment incentive scheme which has been extended to landlords. In that case, landlords or private home owners do not get a VAT refund but they do get an allowance against their tax at the VAT rate...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I support the principle of the amendments, which relate to the previous amendment and deal with the issue of fuel laundering, particularly petrol stretching which is a major issue in my part of the country. I mentioned on Second Stage that people feel we do not have the deterrent regarding fuel laundering and particularly petrol stretching that we should have. I raised this issue with the...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his last comment. It is of critical importance that we try to get clarity as quickly as possible on the travel issue. My interpretation of what has been announced is that the freedom of travel will be very limited and will be on humanitarian grounds such as illness and funerals. Anything we can get to expand that definition would be extremely welcome. There is a...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his acknowledgement of that because it is an important issue. We do not want to miss the boat simply because we do not have the necessary capacity and capability on the other side of the Atlantic. We now need to redouble our efforts in regard to the undocumented Irish which do not fall under President Obama's announcement. The Minister has continued his...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the US; the progress on the issue of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44970/14]

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: Having listened to the Minister earlier, I wish to echo his comments regarding the announcement by President Obama last week. It is a very positive step forward and I warmly welcome it, particularly for grandparents here in Ireland. The Minister is right to acknowledge it is down to the efforts over a long period of people like Billy Lawless, Cyril Regan, Breandán McGee and many others...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on resolving the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44971/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Air Services (26 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 78. To ask the Minister for Defence when the review of the Air Corps emergency aeromedical service will be completed; the total number of missions completed to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the type of patient transported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/14]